Our economy continues to grow but the President doesn't take that growth for granted. That's why it is critical for Congress to adopt his pro-economy policies. Instead, the Democratic Congress has repeatedly advanced its anti-growth agenda  like higher taxes and excessive government spending  which threatens our economy and exacerbates uncertainty about future economic performance. The Congress' record of failure and inaction has consequences for taxpayers and our economy.

AMT Patch for 2007 called for in February  no uncertainty if it had been acted on in timely fashion.

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No AMT Patch:

If not passed, 25 million taxpayers face tax increase of $2,000 on average; Passage later this month could result in $75 billion in delayed refunds that could hurt consumption early next year and increase economic uncertainty.

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Housing Proposals:

FHA Modernization legislation proposed April 2006;

Temporarily reform the tax code to not treat cancellation of housing debt as taxable income;

Funding to support mortgage counseling proposed in February;

GSE reform sent to Congress;

FHASecure to give more flexibility to refinance mortgages;

Facilitated Hope Now Alliance.

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Congressional Inaction on Housing:

Despite their rhetoric, Congress has yet to send a single bill to the President's desk;

Inaction on entitlement spending reforms, even though mandatory spending now constitutes nearly 2/3 of the Federal budget and the unsustainable growth in entitlement spending is our nation's biggest budgetary challenge.